James Gagliano had a few thoughts about how (and maybe why) the New York Times referred to Azra Turk as a ‘government investigator.’

What the Heck is a government investigator? Is that so they could avoid calling Azra a spy? Asking for a friend.

.⁦@nytimes⁩ curiously describes *Azra Turk* as “government investigator.” Having served as an FBI Undercover Agent (UCA), would’ve been UCA’s assignment — F.B.I. Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet w/Trump Aide in 2016 – The New York Times https://t.co/7QNOtvSi8X

We would have called this BS and that’s probably why he’s James Gagliano and this editor writes silly stories on Twitchy all day.

He continued.

Must caveat with — would have had to have been a “CERTIFIED” FBI Undercover Agent (UCA), who had passed the UCA course, been pre-screened (psychologicals) and been handpicked by FBIHQ for a high-profile overseas assignment. Also, Legat London would’ve assuredly coordinated w/MI5. https://t.co/so2D5RwsEK

Again, in CI your goal is typically to either spot and assess someone for recruitment, or obtain foreign intelligence. Hence your targets are typically either foreign gov officials/diplomats — or the people they are targeting to recruit. Really unlikely you will end up dead.